A window of opportunity

Executive met with Christina Lassen, head of the Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon, to discuss the challenges Lebanon is facing, what to expect from the upcoming CEDRE investment conference and Brussels II refugee aid conference, and the outcomes of last month’s Rome security conference. E   It is an interesting time for Lebanon, given that we have the first opportunity in many years to look at major infrastructure investments with real promise for their realization. As the European Union appears to be a very interested stakeholder in this scenario, let me ask: What is the EU’s official perspective on the Capital Investment Program [CIP] that Lebanon has recently presented? I think there is a window of opportunity for Lebanon right now. There is international goodwill to support the stability of this country that is perhaps not unprecedented in recent years. At the International Support Group meeting in Paris